Beowulf 18-27 (1192-1962) v. 1

Who is Hrothgar's wife, the queen of the Danes?

• Grendel's mother

• Welthow

• Hilda

• Yrs

"The savage fate / Decreed for them hung dark and unknown, what would follow / After nightfall . . ."

This quotation could best be described as an example of:

• Personification

• Enumeratio

• Foreshadowing

• Hyperbole

Grendel's mother is motivated by . . .

• Hunger

• Fear

• Curiosity

• Revenge

Grendel and his mother are both descendants of . . .

• Abel

• Shild

• Edgetho

• Cain

At first, Beowulf fails in defending the Danes from Grendel's mother because he . . .

• . . . doesn't know how to defeat her.

• . . . fears her.

• . . . is powerless against her.

• . . . was sleeping somewhere other than Herot on the night of her attack.

What is Grendel's father's name?

• Cain

• Satan

• Fritjof, the Thief

• No one knows . . .

Before fighting Grendel's mother, Beowulf must . . .

• . . . venture deep into a cave, without light, for hours.

• . . . climb to the top of a mountain, where the air is so thin, he cannot breath.

• . . . hold his breath under water for hours, as he sinks to the bottom of a murky, monster-infested lake.

• . . . make a sacrifice to the old stone gods.

Beowulf successfully kills Grendel's mother with . . .

• . . . a stone.

• . . . Hrunting.

• . . . a magic spell.

• . . . a giant's magic sword.

When Beowulf finds Grendel's body, he . . .

• . . . cuts off his other arm.

• . . . says a prayer.

• . . . devours Grendel's heart.

• . . . cuts off Grendel's head.

After defeating Grendel's mother, Beowulf receives advice from Hrothgar concerning . . .

• . . . what to do with their new won treasure.

• . . . how to find a good wife.

• . . . the importance of pushing away pride, greed and wickedness.

• . . . how to build his own mead hall